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Knoxville Raceway 6-25-16 Mid Season Championships Night
National Sprint Car League with 410-360-305 Sprints
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Sammy Swindell Makes Last Lap Pass in Race of the Season at
Knoxville! Knoxville, IA, June 25, 2016 - Sammy Swindell capped off an
electrifying National Sprint League feature at Knoxville Raceway with a
last lap pass of Davey Heskin to record his 49th career feature win at
Knoxville. The win aboard the CJB/Big Game Motorsports #1 was worth $5,000
to the Germantown, Tennessee native. Jamie Ball grabbed his first 360 win
of the year and the second in his career in the 360 class, and Kade Higday
won his second career feature in the 305 class. Heskin led the 25-lap main event early over Josh Schneiderman and Danny
Lasoski. Brian Brown entered the top four with a pass of Craig Dollansky
on lap four, and Bronson Maeschen moved into the top five on lap five.
Hitting the high side of turn four, Brown would sail around Lasoski for
third on lap six. Swindell, who started fourth, lost ground early, but reentered the top
five on lap 11. He would grab fourth from Lasoski on lap 13. Brown was
tracking down Schneiderman for second on lap 15, when his left front wheel
flew off while heading down the back straightaway. Fortunately, he kept
the car under him, and further disaster was avoided. There was too much
damage for him to continue, however. Lasoski would pass Madsen and Schneiderman for third on the restart. Up
front, Heskin held Swindell off by running smooth on the cushion. Swindell
ran a perfect last lap, pulling even with Heskin and then sliding across
the track, to make the winning pass in three and four. Following Swindell
and Heskin across the finish line were Lasoski, Madsen and Schneiderman.
Dollansky, hard-charger Jake Bubak, Tasker Phillips, Brooke Tatnell and
Billy Alley rounded out the top ten. Swindell set quick time, while
Schneiderman and Dollansky won heat races. "It was probably better to run the top, but Davey was there," said
Swindell in Victory Lane. "We were just trying to get our car working down
there in the slick. I thought I'd stay with it. I got screwed up on the
start. I got in the wrong place and got hung up. Four or five guys passed
me. We made it interesting. I'm just so blessed to be here and be able to
do this. I'm thankful for everybody that supports me, and God is upstairs
looking after me. I won a feature at Knoxville in my sixth decade, and I
don't know that anyone's done that. That might be a hard record to
break." Sawyer Phillips was a spin victim before a lap could be completed in
the 360 18-lap feature. Ohio visitor Devon Dobie also spun to avoid,
causing damage to the left front of the car. Unfortunately, he was done
for the night. Jamie Ball shot out to a healthy lead early over Calvin Landis and Matt
Moro. Ryan Giles ientered the top three on lap three, and then took second
from Landis on lap seven. At that point, Rob Weuve spun with the leaders
just hitting heavy lapped traffic. The restart saw Ball leading Giles,
Landis, Moro and Tony Shilling. Moro shot to third on the restart, while Clint Garner entered the top
five. Moro continued his charge, getting by Giles for second two laps
later. Meanwhile, Garner moved into fourth on lap nine and got by Giles
for third on lap eleven. The leaders entered heavy lapped traffic with
three to go, and Garner passed Moro and reeled in Ball for the lead. Ball
would hold him off, however, in the White Lightning Motorsports #5J.
Following Ball and Garner were Moro, Giles and Shilling. Joe Beaver, Nate
Van Haaften, Ryan Roberts, Landis and Phillips rounded out the top ten.
Garner set quick time, while Roberts and Ball won the heats. "Typically, I run high in one and two and low in three and four, but it
was the opposite tonight," said Ball in Victory Lane. "That car was
perfect. We've been so good lately, but bad luck has really plagued us the
whole year. To be sitting here right now is a testament to all the guys
and girls that work on this crew. Without them, this wouldn't be
possible." Josh Higday was the class of the 305 field, leading all fifteen laps.
The race got off to a tough start when Dan Henning lost a left front wheel
and spun into the infield. He was uninjured. When the green replaced the
yellow, the race went non-stop and Higday had no peer, winning by 3.598
seconds. There was plent of action behind him, however. Christopher Scank ran
second, much of the way, but was overtaken by Corey Kautz on lap 11.
Christian Bowman moved into third on lap twelve, and Devin Kline grabbed
fourth on lap 14. Scank ended up fifth. Hard-charger McKenna Haase,
Matthew Stelzer, Ben Woods, Chase Wanner and Mike Mayberry completed the
top ten. Brad Comegys set quick time, while Wanner and Mitchell Alexander
won heats. "(Father Josh Higday) had this thing rolling," said Kade in Victory
Lane. "To come back from what we had this year (injury) is cool. It's
great to get one the right way compared to the last one (won as a results
of a disqualification). Our 360 should be done this week, and we hope to
be back in it next Saturday." Join us next Friday and Saturday, July 1 and 2 for a huge weekend of
action! The National Sprint League will be in action both nights. The
305's join Friday's program, while the 360's will be running on Saturday!
Saturday is Iowa Corn Districts 5&9/Marion County Cattlemen's
Association Night. A Fireworks show to celebrate our nation's Independence
will cap Saturday night's action as well! For more information, visit
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 1, Sammy Swindell,
Germantown, TN (1), 15.230; 2. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA
(11), 15.492; 3. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (5), 15.588; 4. 21, Brian
Brown, Grain Valley, MO (3), 15.598; 5. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW,
Aust. (14), 15.644; 6. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (10), 15.663; 7.
56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (2), 15.669; 8. 2KS, Craig Dollansky,
Elk River, MN (7), 15.769; 9. 7W, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (15),
15.779; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (9), 15.814; 11.
49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (6), 15.891; 12. 4, Jon Agan,
Knoxville, IA (13), 15.916; 13. 3, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (12), 16.058;
14. 84, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (4), 16.106; 15. 10, Dakota
Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (18), 16.122; 16. 1B, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (17),
16.263; 17. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (16), 16.440; 18. 35, Kevin Hetrick,
Gladstone, IL (8), 16.650. Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. Ian Madsen
(4); 3. Davey Heskin (3); 4. Danny Lasoski (5); 5. Sammy Swindell (6); 6.
Billy Alley (7); 7. Dakota Hendrickson (8); 8. Bob Weuve (9); 9. Tasker
Phillips (2) Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.2: 1. Craig Dollansky (3); 2. Brian
Brown (5); 3. Bronson Maeschen (6); 4. Brooke Tatnell (2); 5. AJ Moeller
(4); 6. Jake Bubak (8); 7. Kevin Hetrick (9); 8. Jon Agan (1); 9. Scott
Bogucki (7) A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (4); 2. Davey Heskin
(2); 3. Danny Lasoski (3); 4. Ian Madsen (6); 5. Josh Schneiderman (1); 6.
Craig Dollansky (5); 7. Jake Bubak (12); 8. Tasker Phillips (13); 9.
Brooke Tatnell (10); 10. Billy Alley (11); 11. Dakota Hendrickson (15);
12. AJ Moeller (9); 13. Bob Weuve (17); 14. Kevin Hetrick (16); 15.
Bronson Maeschen (8); 16. Brian Brown (7); 17. Scott Bogucki (18) DNS -
Jon Agan. Lap Leaders: Heskin 1-24, S. Swindell 25. Hard-charger:
Bubak. 360 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux
Falls, SD (11), 16.304; 2. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (9), 16.407; 3.
3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (18), 16.432; 4. 9, Ryan Giles, West Des
Moines, IA (17), 16.452; 5. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (3), 16.473;
6. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.481; 7. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk
City, IA (7), 16.596; 8. 10, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (16), 16.635; 9.
23, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (4), 16.734; 10. 3P, Sawyer Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (19), 16.803; 11. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (2),
16.817; 12. 75x, JT Imperial, Mesa, AZ (8), 16.935; 13. 71C, Stacey
Alexander, Lacona, IA (10), 17.002; 14. 81A, Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS
(12), 17.004; 15. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (5), 17.044; 16. 33, Alan
Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (15), 17.073; 17. 33V, Mike Van Haaften, Otley, IA
(6), 17.080; 18. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (13), 17.737; 19. 19,
Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (1), 18.011; 20. 31P, Travis Porter, Rock
Island, IL (20), 20.054. Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:00.7: 1. Ryan Roberts (1); 2. Clint
Garner (6); 3. Nate Van Haaften (5); 4. Devon Dobie (2); 5. Matt Moro (3);
6. Tony Shilling (4); 7. Tom Lenz (8); 8. Stacey Alexander (7); 9. Mike
Van Haaften (9); 10. Rob Weuve (10) Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.8: 1. Jamie Ball (4); 2. Calvin Landis
(3); 3. Sawyer Phillips (2); 4. Ryan Giles (5); 5. JT Imperial (1); 6. Joe
Beaver (6); 7. Chris Morgan (7); 8. Alan Zoutte (8); 9. John Anderson (9);
10. Travis Porter (10) A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Clint Garner (8);
3. Matt Moro (2); 4. Ryan Giles (5); 5. Tony Shilling (4); 6. Joe Beaver
(7); 7. Nate Van Haaften (6); 8. Ryan Roberts (11); 9. Calvin Landis (1);
10. Sawyer Phillips (10); 11. Chris Morgan (14); 12. Mike Van Haaften
(17); 13. Tom Lenz (15); 14. Alan Zoutte (16); 15. John Anderson (18); 16.
JT Imperial (12); 17. Rob Weuve (19); 18. Stacey Alexander (13); 19.
Travis Porter (20); 20. Devon Dobie (9). Lap Leader: Ball 1-18.
Hard-charger: Garner. 305 Results Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA
(14), 17.305; 2. 5J, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (9), 17.413; 3. 51, Corey
Kautz, Urbandale, IA (2), 17.568; 4. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA
(6), 17.572; 5. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (4), 17.717; 6. 56, Joe
Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (3), 17.805; 7. 36, Christopher Scank, Cedar
Rapids, IA (8), 17.813; 8. 24, Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (12),
17.830; 9. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (5), 17.862; 10. 6, Mitchell
Alexander, Knoxville, IA (17), 17.869; 11. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA
(1), 18.155; 12. 38, Mike Dapra, Gillette, WY (10), 18.171; 13. 11B, Ben
Woods, Newton, IA (16), 18.171; 14. 71B, Brandon Worthington, Indianola,
IA (15), 18.671; 15. O, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7), 19.932; 16. 56W,
Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (11), NT; 17. 3D, Tyler Dollison, Milo, IA
(13), NT; 18. 17, Billy Bell, Colfax, IA (18), NT; DQ (Scales) 55, McKenna
Haase, Des Moines, IA (19) Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.9: 1. Chase Wanner (2); 2. Matthew
Stelzer (4); 3. Christopher Scank (3); 4. Brad Comegys (6); 5. Corey Kautz
(5); 6. Ben Woods (7); 7. Dan Henning (1); 8. Mike Mayberry (8) DNS -
Chris Walraven, Billy Bell Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:52.9: 1. Mitchell Alexander (2); 2. Kade
Higday (3); 3. Devin Kline (6); 4. Joe Simbro (4); 5. Christian Bowman
(5); 6. McKenna Haase (8); 7. Mike Dapra (1); 8. Brandon Worthington (7)
DNS - Tyler Dollison A main (started), 15 Laps, 4:47.7: 1. Kade Higday (1); 2. Corey Kautz
(6); 3. Christian Bowman (5); 4. Devin Kline (7); 5. Christopher Scank
(2); 6. McKenna Haase (12); 7. Matthew Stelzer (4); 8. Ben Woods (11); 9.
Chase Wanner (9); 10. Mike Mayberry (16); 11. Joe Simbro (3); 12. Brad
Comegys (8); 13. Mitchell Alexander (10); 14. Brandon Worthington (15);
15. Mike Dapra (14); 16. Dan Henning (13) DNS - Chris Walraven, Tyler
Dollison, Billy Bell. Lap Leader: Higday 1-15. Hard-charger:
Haase.
Jamie Ball Conquers 360's, Kade Higday on Top in
305's
by Bill Wright
Heskin led Schneiderman, Swindell,
Lasoski and Maeschen back to green on the restart. Swindell used the low
side to move into second, and the battle for the lead was on. Maeschen
jumped the infield berm and slid out and hit the wall. The result was a
flat right rear, and he coasted to a stop with three laps to go. Heskin
led Swindell, Schneiderman, Ian Madsen and Lasoski back to green.
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